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Statement of Practice

Automotive; Emerging Technologies; Energy; Entertainment and Media; Food; Golf and Resort; Health Care; Insurance; Life Sciences; Nanotechnology; Sports; Business Law; Corporate; Commercial Transactions and Business Counseling; Corporate Governance Services; Environmental Regulation; Estates and Trusts; Finance and Financial Institutions; Health Care Finance and Restructuring; International Business; Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity and Venture Capital; Public Finance Services; Real Estate; Tax and Employee Benefits; Tax and Individual Planning; Transactional and Securities; Transactions; Project and Infrastructure Finance; Asset Securitization; Interference; Financial Products and Variable Insurance; Business Counseling and Technology; Risk Management/Captives; Public Agencies; Brownfields; Land Use and Entitlement; Airport Services; Agency/Distribution; Hedge Funds; Higher Education; Structured Finance; Tenant-in-Common; Directors and Officers; Taxation; Charitable Gifts; Private Foundations; Estate Planning; Water Issues; Wind Energy; Reinsurance Runoff; Surface Transport; Arbitrage Rebate Compliance; Intellectual Property; Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical; Chemical and Pharmaceutical; Consumer and Industrial Products; Electronics; IP Litigation; Trademark, Copyright and Advertising; Stem Cell Technologies; Genomics; Litigation; Antitrust; Appellate; Bankruptcy; Business Reorganizations; Construction; Distribution and Franchise; Energy Regulation; Family Law; General Commercial Litigation; Insurance Dispute Resolution; Labor and Employment; Media Law; Product Liability; Securities Litigation, Enforcement and Regulation; Tax, Valuation and Fiduciary Litigation; White Collar Defense and Corporate Compliance; Mechanical and Electromechanical Technologies; IP Due Diligence; Business Method Patents; Patent Prosecution/Litigation; Trademark and Copyright Enforcement and Litigation; Product Liability; Health Law; Medical Devices; Nutraceuticals; Provider Operations; Academic Medical Centers; Reinsurance/Commutation; Health Care Compliance; Translational Research; FDA; HIPAA; Long Term Care; Medicare; Information Technology and Outsourcing; Outsourcing; Information Technology; Data Security and Privacy; Telecommunications; Software and Multimedia; Government Procurement; Political Law; Public Affairs; Strategic Communications; Lobbying; Investor Relations; Appropriations; Government Relations; State Affairs; Biotech and Biomedical Start-Ups, Clinical Research, Commercial Development, ERISA, False Claims and Compliance Counseling, Financial Markets, Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures, Insolvency, Medicaid, Mixed Use and Retail Development, Physicians and Medical Groups, Reinsurance, Residential, Condominium and Resorts, Senior Living, Syndicated and Securities-Related Transactions.

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PARTNERS

G. Peter Albert, Jr. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1993, Michigan; 1994, Illinois; 2000, California; U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern, Eastern and Central Districts of California; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; U.S. District, Eastern District of Wisconsin; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Michigan Technological University (B.S.E.E., 1987); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1993). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Electronic Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Trademarks; Copyrights; Private Equity; Venture Capital.Email: G. Peter Albert, Jr.

David E. Kleinfeld (Partner) admitted to bar, 1981, New York; 1983, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., 1977); New York University (J.D., 1980). Former Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: San Diego County and New York State Bar Associations; State Bar of California; San Diego Association of Business Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Financial Services; Litigation.Email: David E. Kleinfeld

Douglas H. Carsten (Partner) admitted to bar, 1998, California; U.S. District Court, Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.S., 1993); Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (A.M., 1995); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Patent Litigation; Life Sciences.Email: Douglas H. Carsten

Chad R. Fuller (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, California. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., 1994); University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., 1997). Member: San Diego County (Member, Litigation Section) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Information Technology.

Robert E. Goldstein (Partner) admitted to bar, 1973, Connecticut; 1975, Florida; 1982, District of Columbia; 1993, California; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A., 1969); Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 1973); University of Miami (LL.M., 1974). Author: "Insurance Plans of Exempt Organizations May Threaten Exemptions," Journal of Taxation, May 1979; "Keogh Plan and IRA Limits Increased," Journal of Taxation, January 1982; "Health Care Legislation Struck Down by Federal Courts," Health Systems Review, Vol. 26, No. 3, (May/June 1993); "Forming and Operating a Nonprofit Entity Under California Law," Journal of Exempt Organizations (January/February 1996); "Split Dollar Life Insurance for the Exempt Organization Executive: A Journey Through Unchartered Waters?," Journal of Deferred Compensation, Summer 1997. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Tax Section). [U.S. Army Reserves, December 1968 - February 1974]. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Tax Exempt Organizations; Taxation.Email: Robert E. Goldstein

Kurt M. Kjelland (Partner) admitted to bar, 1994, California; 1995, Arizona; U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern, Eastern and Central Districts of California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1988); Notre Dame Law School (J.D., 1994). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Life Sciences.Email: Kurt M. Kjelland

Debra D. Nye (Partner) admitted to bar, 1998, Missouri; 1999, Illinois; 2003, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Medical College of Georgia (B.S., Nuclear Medicine Technology, 1990); Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1998). Recipient, Clifford W. Gaylord Foundation Scholar in Law Award. Member: San Diego County Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Society of Nuclear Medicine; San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Biotechnology; Intellectual Property Litigation; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property; Life Sciences.Email: Debra D. Nye

Stephen E. Reiter (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, Oklahoma; 1988, Tennessee; 1991, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Florida (B.S., 1972); Louisiana State University (Ph.D., 1977); University of Tulsa (J.D., 1985). Member, Order of the Curule Chair. Recipient, Judge W. Lee Johnson Award. Staff Member, Tulsa Law Journal. Member: Oklahoma Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; American Chemical Society. Fellow: American Institute of Chemists. Practice Areas: Patent Applications; Patent Prosecution; Intellectual Property; Biotechnology; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property; Chemical Intellectual Property; Health Care; Life Sciences.Email: Stephen E. Reiter

R. Michael Scarano Jr. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1984, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (A.B. with academic distinction, 1978); University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 1984).

R. Michael Scarano, Jr. is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP, and is vice chair of the firm's Health Care Industry Team. He is also a member of the Privacy, Security & Information Management Practice and Life Sciences and Senior Living Industry Teams.

Mr. Scarano has represented a wide variety of health care clients, including private and governmental hospitals and their medical staffs, nursing homes, physician organizations, management services organizations (MSOs), managed care organizations, emergency medical services providers, diagnostic test providers and professional associations. He represents these clients in a wide range of transactional and regulatory matters, including reimbursement, managed care, fraud and abuse/compliance, privacy law and general business transactions.

Mr. Scarano was selected for inclusion in the recent editions of The Best Lawyers in America® (2007-2010), the 2007-2009 San Diego Super Lawyers® lists, and was ranked as one of the top health care attorneys in the nation in 2009 by Chambers USA. He also served as co-chair of the Health Law Committee of the State Bar of California for 2006-2007.

Mr. Scarano has extensive knowledge regarding emergency medical services law and physician assistant law. He currently serves as chair of the American Health Lawyers Association Emergency Medical Services/Medical Transportation Affinity Group. He is the author of "The California Physician Assistant's and Supervising Physician's Legal Handbook," (2008) co-author of the book "Healthcare Compliance Professional's Guide to the False Claims Act," (2007) and has been an associate editor and regular legal columnist for EMS Insider for 15 years. He speaks regularly before health care professional organizations and has published numerous articles on a variety of health law topics.

Mr. Scarano is a 1984 graduate of Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, where he was an associate editor of the Ecology Law Quarterly. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, with academic distinction, from the University of California at Berkeley in 1978.

Practice Areas: Information Technology & Outsourcing; Privacy, Security & Information Management.Email: R. Michael Scarano Jr.

Richard Warburg (Partner) admitted to bar, 1990, Massachusetts; 1991, California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Federal Circuits; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Birmingham University, England (B.Sc. 1978; Ph.D., Molecular Biology, 1981); Suffolk University (J.D., magna cum laude, Valedictorian, 1990). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Wills and Trusts and Commercial Law. Member, Suffolk University Law Review, 1989-1990. Member: American Bar Association; San Diego Patent Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent Prosecution; Trademark Prosecution; Copyright Prosecution; Litigation; Trade Secrets; Emerging Growth Companies; Technology Law; Life Sciences; Health Care; Nonotechnology; Biochemical Technology; Chemical Intellectual Property; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property; Food and Drug Regulation.Email: Richard Warburg

SENIOR COUNSEL

Sanjeev K. Dhand (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 2000, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 1988); Georgetown University (J.D., 2000). Member: State Bar of California. Languages: Hindi and Punjabi. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Electronic Intellectual Property.Email: Sanjeev K. Dhand

Steven Moore (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 2004, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of North Carolina at Charlotte (B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1998; M.S., Electrical Engineering, 1998; Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, 2001); California Western School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: San Diego Bar Association; State Bar of California; San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association. [With U.S. Navy, 1985-1994]. Practice Areas: Patents; Computer and Software Patents; Computer Architecture Patents; Electrical Patent Prosecution; Electrical Patents; Electro-Mechanical Patents; Electronic Patents; Mechanical Patent Prosecution; Mechanical Patents; Patent Applications; Patent Infringement; Patent Prosecution.

OF COUNSEL

Barry S. Wilson (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1999, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Illinois (Ph.D., 1977); University of San Diego (J.D., 1998). Order of the Coif. Law Review. Member: San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association, 1995; American Association of Immunologists, 1975. Member: San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association; American Association of Immunologists. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Biotechnology; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property; Life Sciences.Email: Barry S. Wilson

ASSOCIATES

Leslie B. Overman (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, California; U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., Biochemistry, 1982); Texas A & M University (Ph.D., Biochemistry, 1989); California Western School of Law (J.D., 2003). Phi Lambda Upsilon. Recipient, American Cancer Society Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1990-1992. Co-Author: "A highly salt-dependent enthalpy change for Escherichia coli SSB proteinnucleic acid binding due to ion-protein interactions," Biochemistry, 35 (16), 5272-5279, 1996; "Linkage of pH, Anion and Cation Effects in Protein-Nucleic Acid Equilibria. Escherichia coli SSB Protein-Single Stranded Nucleic Acid Interaction," Journal of Molecular Biology, 236, 165-178, 1994; "E. coli single strand binding protein: a new look at helix-destabilizing proteins," Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 13, 250-255, 1988; "Equilibrium Binding of Escherichia coli Single-Strand Binding Protein to Single-stranded Nucleic Acids in the (SSB) 65 Binding Mode. Cation and Anion Effects and Polynucleotide Specificity," Biochemistry, 27, 456-471, 1988; "Salt-dependent changes in the DNA Binding Co-operativity of Escherichia coli Single Strand Binding Protein," Journal of Molecular Biology, 187, 603-615, 1986; "Two Binding Modes in Escherichia coli Single Strand Binding Protein-Single Stranded DNA Complexes; " Journal of Biological Chemistry, 260 (6), Modulation by NaCI Concentration, 3594-3603, 1985. Member, Legislation Committee, Intellectual Property Law Section, American Bar Association. Member: San Diego County Bar Association; San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association (Co-Chair, Mentoring Committee); Licensing Executives Society; BIOCOM (Member, Intellectual Property and Patent Law Committee). Practice Areas: Biotechnology; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Portfolio Management; Intellectual Property Prosecution; Patents; Biochemical Patents; Biotechnology Patent Prosecution; Biotechnology Patents; Molecular Biology Patents; Patent Applications; Patent Infringement; Patent Prosecution; Patent Protection; Life Sciences.

Richard W. Thill (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, California; 2009, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Court, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Supreme Court; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Stanford University (B.S.E.E., 1971); Santa Clara University (M.S.E.E., 1981); California Western School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Intellectual Property Law Association; Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association; San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Electronic Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Patent Prosecution; Patent Litigation; Emerging Growth Companies; Technology Law.Email: Richard W. Thill

Tammy H. Boggs (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, California and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Languages: Mandarin Chinese. Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Tammy H. Boggs

Ary Chang (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California at Riverside (B.S., Environmental Engineering, cum laude, 1996); University of California at Irvine (M.S., Engineering, with emphasis in Air Quality and Combustion Engineering, 1998); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 2005). Member, UCR University Honors Program, University of California Riverside. Recipient: UC Regents Scholarship; National Science Scholarship; Rockwell International Engineering Scholarship, University of California Riverside. Member: State Bar of California. Languages: Lao, Thai and Chinese (Chaur-Jo). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Ary Chang

Nicole Cunningham (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: Duke University (A.B., Biology, 2001); University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 2004). Articles Editor, UCLA Journal of Law and Technology, 2003-2004. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; General Commercial Litigation.Email: Nicole Cunningham

Anthony Kuhlmann (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, California and Massachusetts; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Guelph (B.Sc., with highest honors, 1993); Suffolk University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2004); Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health (Ph.D.). Practice Areas: Chemical Intellectual Property; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property; China.Email: Anthony Kuhlmann

Kim Carl Lobring (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: McKendree College (B.S., 1995); Northern Illinois University (Ph.D., Chemistry, 2001); University of Illinois (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Biotechnology; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property; Nanotechnology.Email: Kim Carl Lobring

Robert Moore (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.S., 1995; M.S.; Ph.D., 2000); University of San Diego (J.D., 2008). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Biotechnology; Pharmaceutical; Patent Prosecution.Email: Robert Moore